Nongmen Shenjue

Qiu Hai was stunned when he was asked: "Enemy? Where did you say that? My daughter has been raised up since she was a child. Except for going out for a visit during the New Year's day, that is, visiting relatives' homes, she is a little girl, what can she do?" Enemy? If you say enemy, maybe it's for me. It's just that I treat others kindly, and I haven't made enemies with anyone. I really can't think of any enemy."

Qiu Haineng is called a great philanthropist in Fengzhou, firstly because he likes to do good deeds, and secondly because he has the capital to do good deeds.

Tea is produced in Fengzhou, and there are tea mountains everywhere. The ancestors of the Qiu family made a fortune growing tea.Now here in Qiuhai, there are tea gardens, tea making, tea selling, and teahouses. Although their tea is not as good as tribute tea, it is also a famous tea in Fengzhou. The capital accumulated for generations can be imagined. Now they My family has a dozen tea gardens in Toyosu, large and small.

With such a huge family property, there is no son, so the people of the side branch want to covet it.

People value offspring, one is to pass on the incense, and the other is to pass on the family business.It's like a family. If the household is extinct, the family wealth will be closed.Fortunately, the court was not so harsh on women, and even daughters could inherit the family property, but it was not so easy. After all, patriarchy, men were superior to women, and driven by interests, it was very difficult to do this.

Qiu Hai is open-minded, he can do good deeds all year round, so he is naturally not the kind of person who values ​​money too much.He negotiated with the family that after a hundred years, half of the tea garden would be donated to the family, [-]% of the remaining family property would be given to the eldest daughter, and [-]% would be used as a dowry to the younger daughter.Regarding this point, he also discussed it with his eldest daughter, and it was decided before recruiting a spouse.

Perhaps this move made the clan dissatisfied, but there was no need to kill the youngest daughter of the Qiu family.

Inferred from interests, the eldest daughter and son-in-law are suspected, and the eldest daughter was the first to discover the body.

But Qiu Hai said: "There are people outside who talk about Baozhen, but Baozhen and Baozhu sisters have been close since childhood. They are five years apart, and my wife is weak. She is trying her best to give birth to a boy for the Qiu family. In fact, she Her body is not suitable for childbearing. With Baozhen, even though she had raised her for five years, her body still collapsed after giving birth to Baozhu, and she could only take medicine to rest, so she could not take care of the two sisters, but Baozhen was sensible and always She takes her sister.

Baozhu had an accident, and my wife couldn't bear it, so she let go soon after.Baozhen also cried and fainted a few times. She was seriously ill and took a long time to recover.At that time, our family cried every day, and at first it was Baozhen who offered a huge reward..."

"Where's your eldest son-in-law?" Although it's uncomfortable to question your relatives, you still have to ask.

"My eldest son-in-law is a kind man. He is honest and dutiful, and he is also filial. I valued this at the beginning, so I recruited him as a son-in-law. Such a person may be a little less shrewd in business, but it can make people feel at ease. My eldest daughter is smart, has means, and is inevitably strong-tempered, so find an honest man for her, and the husband and wife can get along." Qiu Hai obviously thought everything through carefully.

Mu Qingyan asked again: "What did the county government say?"

Qiu Hai smiled wryly: "What can you say? It's not even sure whether the person came here for money or revenge, and the suspect he delineated is still a grand robber who robbed the rich and gave to the poor. I think I have done a lot of good things. You shouldn't have come to steal my house."

The grand thieves that Qiu Haikou refers to are thieves who are active in Fengzhou area, who only steal rich households, and then distribute the stolen money to the poor.The man didn't know what method he used, and he didn't show any flaws for several years, let alone being caught, until a murder case happened in Qiu's house. The thief, the government posted a notice to arrest him, and since then the thief has disappeared.

It is easy to guess that even if the case had nothing to do with the thief, the thief would not dare to show his face again if he was involved in the murder of the Qiu family.

"Wait for two days, I will settle down at home and go to Fengzhou."

Although the case was unclear, the Qiu family was quite prestigious in the local area, and Qiu Hai paid a lot of money, so the local county government must have worked hard when investigating the case.Although the case has not been solved, many valuable clues will definitely be found in the case file, especially the scene of the crime at that time, testimony of witnesses, etc.

In the back yard, Wen Jixue was looking at something, saw him and waved: "Ayan, come and see."

Mu Qingyan took a closer look, and it turned out to be a house map.

"Is this the house that is going to be built in the mountains?"

"Well, the place to build the house has been laid out. This is a map of the villa designed by someone. There are three styles. You can see which one you like."

These pictures are all plane renderings carefully drawn with fine brushwork, and there are separate pictures for the main courtyard rooms, which can be understood even by people who don't understand anything.A stack of drawings, three styles, he chose one of them.

"That's not bad." The biggest feature of the picture he chose is that the houses and greenery complement each other, with equal proportions.

That was his and Wen Jixue's home, and they didn't plan to house too many servants, so the house didn't need too many.To build a house in the mountains, the picture is pure and comfortable. The design of this blueprint house is ingenious, and it emphasizes the integration with nature. The houses are a little far away from each other, and there are various curved water plants and trees connected, which is very interesting.

Wen Jixue also thought it was good, so it was finalized.

Mu Qingyan told about the Qiu family's affairs: "It happens to be on the way, so let's go to Fengzhou City first."

Wen Jixue naturally had no objection.

Now it is the busy season of farming, so it is not logical to recruit workers. For example, Wang Jiang, who used to build a house for Mu Qingyan, is now busy with his family's land.If the two of them don't go out, maybe they will wait until the busy farming season is over, but they have already decided to leave, so they can't delay for another half a month.Wen Jixue handed over the matter to Zhang, the manager of the inn, and recruited all the people with high wages, and broke ground early in the morning two days later.

This morning, the two went to the mountains and dug the first shovel to break the ground.

The Mu family was not notified of this matter, basically no one knew about it, the main reason was to let the house be built quietly.If he knew in advance that the new house was related to him, it would definitely attract many people to watch, which might cause unnecessary trouble.

In Mu Qingyan's spare time, he cooks in the restaurant and chats with old customers.Now most of them are Mu Wu who is in charge of cooking. He is only 13 years old and his body is strong enough to support a restaurant.

"Xiaowen, bring the account book."

Mu Wen responded and took out an account book, which started on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month.I have reconciled the accounts of the year before, but I haven't checked them for more than a month after the year.Mu Wen is very careful in accounting, with daily summaries, and the income and expenditure are clear at a glance.

"Business is good." Mu Qingyan boasted.

Mu Wu has skills, Mu Wen has brains, and Aunt He has a few helpers in the shop. Even Su Niang and the others are uneasy because they have not been "reused" by their master. Seeing Mu Qingyan insisting on setting up such a restaurant So I also took out my craftsmanship, made soup or made some pastries and sold them in the shop, and the effect was good.

After Mu Qingyan came back, he gave the He family a few rewards, which naturally meant affirming their performance.

As for my two brothers...

He called the two of them to him: "Tomorrow I'm going to Fengzhou. This time I'm going to have a lot of business. I won't be able to come back for at least a month or two. The restaurant still needs to be managed by you two."

"Second brother, don't worry, we are watching the restaurant." Mu Wen was very confident, even though he didn't know much about his second brother's behavior.There are a lot of people talking about it outside, and he also knows that the second brother earns a lot of money handling cases for others, and the restaurant works hard and has no time to manage it, so it can be closed...Of course, according to Mu Wen's own thinking, it would be a pity to close it Well, don't look down on restaurants, but they can earn a lot of money a month.

"I know. From now on, the monthly profit of the restaurant will be [-]% to both of you."

The two were startled, then quickly shook their heads: "This can't be done."

"That's it." Mu Qingyan finalized it.

The two were a little dazed with their eyes open, but after meeting each other for a while, they smiled: "Thank you, second brother."

This time back to Fengzhou, they took a boat by water.

Before boarding the boat, Chen Shiliu took He Chuan after him: "Fortunately, we caught up!"

Mu Qingyan wondered: "When did you return to Fenglin?"

"I arrived early this morning. I just saw your elder brother patrolling the streets. I knew you were going to Fengzhou. I didn't have a meal and came here." Chen Shiliu rushed out of the county town in a carriage, running in a hurry and bumpy Great, it's a little uncomfortable right now.

He Chuan put his luggage into the cabin and brought out a bowl of hot tea: "Young master, have some tea."

Mu Qingyan asked him again: "Is your family willing to let you out? Is the marriage settled?"

"Not yet, the two families have made up their minds and are waiting for the reply from the Lan family." Chen Shiliu said in a calm tone, as if he didn't want to mention this matter, and he was probably a little bit resistant.

It's not that Chen Shiliu is dissatisfied with the girl from the Lan family, but that he resists the "order from his parents and the words of the matchmaker". He may not realize it, but he just feels that he is not comfortable enough and doesn't want to be restrained.After all, if he is married, he can't run away anymore, at least he has to "move forward".

He never thought about becoming an official, and his family didn't ask him to take this path.

Besides, they either help the family manage some property, or buy some property by themselves, and they will live like this for the rest of their lives.It's boring to think about it, he still likes to manage the game in Fenglin.If you want to move the Shenjue to the capital, it will not be possible.

"Accompany your young master to blow some air, and get him something to cushion his stomach." Mu Qingyan didn't continue to accompany Chen Shiliu, feeling melancholy, turned and went into the cabin.

The cargo ship is very large, and there are many large and small cabins.

Qiu Hai directly asked for two adjacent small cabins, not only the accommodation was comfortably furnished, but also the food was specially prepared.In Qiu Hai's view, money earned is spent, and he doesn't feel bad after eating it. Now that the green vegetables are not on the market, he bought some small green vegetables at a high price, and there are soaked soybean sprouts and mung bean sprouts, and various other condiments There are several kinds of side dishes for rice, and you can find several tricks when cooking porridge.

If the money is well spent, the owner will be happy to bother.

When Chen Shiliu ate a plate of green vegetables, a plate of mung bean sprouts, crunchy pickled radish, and a bowl of red bean porridge under Mu Qingyan's favor, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "My father still said that I can't bear hardships, and that I spend money. Mi Fei, compared with Qiu Dashan, I, the young master of the Chen family, are already very simple."